"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
It could be worse, I could be alone
I could be locked in here on my own
Or like a stone that suddenly drops
It never stops, no
I could be lost or I could be saved
Calling out from beneath the waves
Beaten down by the social raves
Never again; never again
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
It could be worse; it's all sweet
It could be snapped from the jaws of defeat
Or like a light lit up on the beach
You wear your heart on your sleeve, Ohhhh
You want to stop before you begin
You want to sink when you know you could swim
You want to stop just before you begin
Never give in; never give in
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
Oooooo Nothin' matters
Except not for the love we make
Ooooooooooo
Nothin' matters
Ooooooooooo
Except not for the love we make
Nothin' matters
Ooooooooooo
Except not for the love we make
Aaaahhhhhh
Except not for the love we make
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
Where you're longing to be saved
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
Where you're longing to be saved
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
I could be locked in here on my own
Or like a stone that suddenly drops
It never stops, no
I could be lost or I could be saved
Calling out from beneath the waves
Beaten down by the social raves
Never again; never again
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
It could be worse; it's all sweet
It could be snapped from the jaws of defeat
Or like a light lit up on the beach
You wear your heart on your sleeve, Ohhhh
You want to stop before you begin
You want to sink when you know you could swim
You want to stop just before you begin
Never give in; never give in
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
Oooooo Nothin' matters
Except not for the love we make
Ooooooooooo
Nothin' matters
Ooooooooooo
Except not for the love we make
Nothin' matters
Ooooooooooo
Except not for the love we make
Aaaahhhhhh
Except not for the love we make
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Oooooo Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
Where you're longing to be saved
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
Where you're longing to be saved
I'm screamin' out from the crests of waves
Lyrics submitted by DMZ, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Crests of Waves Lyrics as written by Guy Rupert Berryman Christopher Anthony John Martin
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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